April 25, 2024
Salt-Glazed North Carolina Two-Handled Three Gallon Jug
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One of the two main stoneware traditions in North Carolina is salt glaze. This tradition followed potters from Europe through New England to the Carolinas. Nineteenth century utilitarian pottery of every description in North Carolina was salt glazed. Some of the more spectacular and rare of these are the large two-handled jugs.Up for bid is a three-gallon two-handled salt-glazed North Carolina stoneware jug probably made in the mid to latter half of the 19th century. T is an inscribed 3 in script on the shoulder of the jug toward one of the handles. The jug is unsigned, but shows many Craven-family influences found among the Rutherford County potters. The jug up for bid has a rolled lip, nicely formed strap handles that run up the neck w they roll over and come down to meet the shoulder in a very nice application. The jug is tall and narrow with different shades of beige and gray. The jug stands 18.5 inches tall and about 9 inches at maximum width and weighs about nine pounds. T are the usual pits and small blowouts caused during firing by the impurities in the clay used in the mid 19th century. The color of the clay is a light gray as found in Rutherford County stoneware. T is also fly ash spotting on the shoulder of the jug that adds to the character of these jugs. T are no significant chips in the lip and only one small eighth
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